Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Readers of Life Extension Update will recall the September 23, 2006 issue which discussed the finding of researchers from the Moore’s Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego of an association between reduced sunlight exposure and a greater incidence of kidney cancer. Now, in an article that will be published online in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, the UCSD team reports that women exposed to a greater amount of sunlight, particularly ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation, have a lower incidence of ovarian cancer. UVB exposure stimulates the synthesis of vitamin D in the body, however, the vitamin is also obtainable via the diet and/or supplementation.UCSD School of Medicine professor of Family and Preventive Medicine Cedric F. Garland, Dr PH, and colleagues utilized a database of cancer incidence, mortality, and prevalence in 175 countries, recently made available from the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer. By graphing ovarian cancer incidence rates according to latitude, the team was able to demonstrate an association between higher latitudes, which receive reduced sunlight, and ovarian cancer. Additionally, greater fertility rates among women between the ages of 15 and 19, which may be protective against ovarian cancer, were more prevalent in lower latitudes.“In general, ovarian cancer incidence was highest at the highest latitudes in both hemispheres,” Dr Garland stated. “They were about five times higher in high latitudes, like Iceland and Norway, than in equatorial regions like Asia, South America and Africa. Even after controlling for fertility, the association remained strong.”“Unlike breast cancer, we have no widely accepted means of early detection or prevention for ovarian cancer,” Dr Garland observed. “This new global study shows a link between deficiency of vitamin D and increased incidence of ovarian cancer, suggesting that vitamin D supplementation may reduce the incidence of this aggressive cancer.” Approximately 15,300 deaths from ovarian cancer occur in the United States each year.

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(NewsTarget) Wednesday, November 15, 2006 by: Jessica Fraser...A mother's diet during pregnancy not only affects her child, but also the child's future offspring, according to a new study from researchers at Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute. The study's lead author, Dr. David Martin, and colleagues split a group of genetically identical pregnant mice into two groups. The first group was fed a standard laboratory diet, while the second group was fed an identical diet supplemented with folate, choline, zinc and vitamin B12. When the mice in both groups gave birth, the offspring were examined for coat color, and the female babies from both groups were then mated and fed a diet without added supplements. When the offspring gave birth, the researchers found that the original mice's supplemental diet affected the genetic coat color of not only the children, but also the grandchildren. "The idea that some sort of toxin or nutrition could affect not just individuals but future generations is very powerful," Martin said.According to Kenneth Beckman, an assistant scientist at Children's Oakland, the design of the study allowed the researchers to eliminate most uncontrolled behavior in the mice, which led to a more conclusive result. The research -- funded by the National Cancer Institute and the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia -- is part of a growing field of research called epigenetics, which examines the long-term genetic effects of the environment. Previous studies in epigenetics have shown that a pregnant woman's environment -- including diet and nutritional supplementation - can influence future generations' risks of breast cancer, obesity and heart disease. According to holistic health author Mike Adams, Martin's research indicates that women who take nutritional supplements and eat superfoods positively influence the health of a number of future generations. "This message is urgent," Adams said. "If we do not make significant efforts to boost the nutrition and dietary habits of young couples who are about to conceive a child, we are creating a multi-generational health burden that will impact individuals, families and entire nations for a hundred years or more."

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The following information is from an e-mail I got from the Vitamin D Council written by Dr. John Jacob Cannell, MD. He is an advocate and expert on why we need higher amounts of vitamin D in our diets, and that is recommended by most health experts these days. I am sending this out to show you how and why, critics sometimes argue against vitamin therapy in place of drugs. Vitamin D is one of my favorite choices as a preventative against dying from The Avian Flu, if and when it comes.

On a sour note, a Professor James Cherry of UCLA said we "manipulated the literature" and used "bad" literature to prove our points. I don't know Professor Cherry, but he has insulted me, the co-authors, and the editor of Epidemiology and Infection.

A quick internet search shows that there is a Professor James Cherry at UCLA who has had substantial financial ties to the vaccine industry for the last 20 years. If Professor Cherry read the conclusion of the recent Science News article, he may be aware that his financial well-being is at risk here. In the conclusion of the Science News article, Professor Michael Zasloff was quoted as saying the payoff of vitamin D, might "be amazing. Imagine being able to block the spread of epidemic flu with appropriate doses of this vitamin." Perhaps Professor Cherry is imagining exactly that, and what it might mean to his net worth?http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20061111/bob9.asp

If Professor Zasloff and Dr. Dowell are right, vitamin D may have a role in preventing more infections than just influenza. As some of you know, a paper will soon be published in Epidemiology and Infection looking at the association of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (the most common cause of pneumonia in infants and young children) with vitamin D producing UVB surface radiation. Invasive pneumococcal, meningococcal, and streptococcal disease (all of which cause horrendous disease) might be next as all three bacteria are susceptible to antimicrobial peptides and all three diseases are highly seasonal.

If this is shown to be true, Professor Cherry's income from the vaccine industry is certainly at risk. I fear Professor Cherry or others with ties to the vaccine or antibiotic industry will rapidly orchestrate a paper showing two things: one, vitamin D does not help prevent infections, and two, vitamin D is toxic and very dangerous. Perhaps science is not as corruptible as I fear, I hope so.

I do hope Professor Cherry has the nerve to send a letter-to-the-editor of Epidemiology and Infection, showing how we "manipulated bad literature" to prove out points. That would give us the opportunity of producing some of the data we left out for space reasons.

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Sunday, November 26, 2006

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Thursday, November 23, 2006

A Bombshell Drops on Cholesterol Medication's Glass House...It had to happen sooner or later. On October 3, 2006, after extensive review of all studies relating to cholesterol-lowering benefits by statin drugs, scientists reporting in the Annals of Internal Medicine pulled the rug out from under the current government-sanctioned cholesterol levels for reducing cardiovascular disease risk. Their conclusion, "current clinical evidence does not demonstrate that titrating lipid therapy to achieve proposed low LDL cholesterol levels is beneficial or safe." This is not a trivial issue. Many billions of taxpayer dollars have been wasted on the cholesterol drug scam. The health and well being of millions of Americans may have been compromised by reckless lowering of cholesterol, a substance that is vital to health and energy production.http://www.newstarget.com/021147.html

Consumption of sugar and sugar-sweetened foods and the risk of pancreatic cancer in a prospective study...Emerging evidence indicates that hyperglycemia and hyperinsulinemia may be implicated in the development of pancreatic cancer. Frequent consumption of sugar and high-sugar foods may increase the risk of pancreatic cancer by inducing frequent postprandial hyperglycemia, increasing insulin demand, and decreasing insulin sensitivity. The objective of the study was to examine prospectively the association of the consumption of added sugar (ie, sugar added to coffee, tea, cereals, etc) and of high-sugar foods with the risk of pancreatic cancer in a population-based cohort study of Swedish women and men.Conclusion: High consumption of sugar and high-sugar foods may be associated with a greater risk of pancreatic cancer.http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/84/5/1171

Cholesterol and Heart Disease--A Phony Issue...Blood cholesterol levels between 200 and 240 mg/dl are normal. These levels have always been normal. In older women, serum cholesterol levels greatly above these numbers are also quite normal, and in fact they have been shown to be associated with longevity. Since 1984, however, in the United States and other parts of the western world, these normal numbers have been treated as if they were an indication of a disease in progress or a potential for disease in the future.http://www.westonaprice.org/knowyourfats/fats_phony.html

The Myths of Vegetarianism... Along with the unjustified and unscientific saturated fat and cholesterol scares of the past several decades has come the notion that vegetarianism is a healthier dietary option for people. It seems as if every health expert and government health agency is urging people to eat fewer animal products and consume more vegetables, grains, fruits and legumes. Along with these exhortations have come assertions and studies supposedly proving that vegetarianism is healthier for people and that meat consumption is associated with sickness and death. Several authorities, however, have questioned these data, but their objections have been largely ignored.http://www.westonaprice.org/mythstruths/mtvegetarianism.html

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Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Report from Life Extension Foundation...A report published in the November issue of the American Medical Association journal Archives of Neurology revealed the finding of Ernst J. Schaefer, MD, of Tufts University in Boston and his colleagues that having a higher blood level of the omega-3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) may have a protective effect against the development of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.

The current study included 899 participants in the Framingham Heart Study. The subjects, who were an average of 76 years of age and free of dementia at the beginning of the study, underwent neuropsychological tests and provided blood samples that were analyzed for DHA levels. Four hundred eighty-eight of these participants also completed a dietary questionnaire. The group was followed for approximately nine years during which they received mental examinations every two years to screen for dementia.

During the follow-up period, 99 participants developed dementia. Of these, 71 were diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. After controlling for other factors including homocysteine levels, Dr Schaefer’s team found that subjects whose DHA levels were in the highest one-fourth of participants had a 47 percent lower risk of developing dementia and a 39 percent lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease than the rest of the subjects. Individuals in the top 25 percent reported eating more fish than the other three groups, with an mean intake of three times per week, providing an average of 180 milligrams DHA per day.

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Scientists hope bodies can fight cancer...By MARIA CHENG, AP Medical WriterLONDON - Scientists are investigating new strategies to harness the human body's own immune system to fight skin cancer. In a departure from the standard chemotherapy treatments, which flood patients with toxic chemicals to kill cancer cells, doctors are trying to provoke the body's natural defenses to do the same thing. Two such techniques to combat melanoma were reported in papers presented this week in Prague at a European cancer research meeting.http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061109/ap_on_he_me/fighting_skin_cancer_1

Vegetable-rich low-carb cuts heart disease risk, says study...By Stephen Daniells09/11/2006 - Low-carb diets, like the once fashionable Atkins diet, do not increase the risk of heart disease, says new research from Harvard – and if vegetables rather than meat are the source of fat and protein then the risk of heart disease may be cut by 30 per cent.http://www.nutraingredients.com/news/ng.asp?n=71938&m=1NIEN09&c=wcrclzgqdhtlgsk

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Wine extract keeps fat mice healthy...WASHINGTON - Obese mice on a high-fat diet got the benefits of being thin — living healthier, longer lives — without the pain of dieting when they consumed huge doses of red wine extract, according to a landmark new study. It's far too early to know if this would work in people, scientists said. But several were excited by the findings, calling it promising and even "spectacular."http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061102/ap_on_he_me/fat_fighting_wine_12

To really benefit from these substances at an orthomolecular level, supplement them.

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